In the Labyrinth of Drakes: A Memoir by Lady Trent

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The thrilling new book in the much-loved fantasy series from Marie Brennan.

Even those who take no interest in the field of dragon naturalism have heard of Lady Trent'sexpedition to the inhospitable deserts of Akhia. Her discoveries there are the stuff of romanticlegend, catapulting her from scholarly obscurity to worldwide fame. The details of herpersonal life during that time are hardly less private, having provided fodder for gossips inseveral countries.

As is so often the case in the career of this illustrious woman, the public story is far fromcomplete. In this, the fourth volume of her memoirs, Lady Trent relates how she acquired herposition with the Royal Scirling Army; how foreign saboteurs imperiled both her work andher well-being; and how her determined pursuit of knowledge took her into the deepestreaches of the Labyrinth of Drakes, where the chance action of a dragon set the stage for hergreatest achievement yet.

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Marie Brennan is a former academic with a background in archaeology, anthropology, and folklore, which she now puts to rather cockeyed use in writing fantasy. She is the critically acclaimed author of the Lady Trent series, as well as the Doppelganger and Onyx Court novels, six novellas and more than thirty short stories. She won two Isaac Asimov Award for Undergraduate Excellence in Science Fiction and Fantasy Writing Grand Prizes.